Liquid-soap distributer.



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LIQUID SOAi DISTRIBUTER.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT-21,1914.

1,186,181 Patented June 6,1916.

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HARRY H. GAGE, OFC HICAGO, ILLINOTS LIQUID-SOAP ms rninu'rna.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY H. GAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Liquid-Soap. Distributers, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to means and apparatus'for distributing liquid soap. .It is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is'a diagrammatic plan view of a soap distribution apparatus installed according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a cross 4 section showing certain details- Fig.3 is a cross section showing the valve in connection with an individual tank. Fig. 4 is a section ontheline 44; of Fig. 3 showing the moving parts in a raised position.

' Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures.

, A is a storage tank, B a main distribution P pipe, and a line pipe connected therewith.

B is a distribution device,'and Ea wash bowlclose to which the same is mounted.

F is a connection pipe from the line pipe to the distribution device. Each. distribution-device -consists of the small receiving receptacle G connected with the pipe F, and

preferably shaped substantially as shown. It may be no more than a pipe elbow. It will be understood "that the tank A is elevated or placed so as to keep the pipes, the receptacles G, G, always substantially full ofliquid'soap.

J is a cylinder screw-threaded at J 1 to be received into a screw-threaded'aperture in the receiving receptacle G. The cylinder is preferably provided with a flange J 2 in opposition to a similar flange about the aperture in the receiving receptacle. The cylinder has adownwardly projecting portion (F 11 also has an upwardly projecting portion or cage J slotted at J, and provided with an annular screw cap J K is a ball valve within the cage J 'It is adapted to be seatedon-the annular edge K as indicated. p

L is a discharge receptacle screw-threaded,

at its upper end to engage the screw-thread J on the downwardly projecting portionof the cylinder J. This discharge receptacle has one or more'air outlets L and is preferably shaped so as to engage when in posiforcing action of the spring. valve stem is pushed-upwardly by the end,

Specification of Letters Patent. P t t g 191 Application filed September 21, 1914. .Serial No. 862,637.

tion the lower portion of the flange J Within the cylinder J and the discharge receptacle L is the valve stem M, having the lower tubular portion M with slotted 0 enings M M -Upwardly projecting rom the stem M is thepart M adapted to take against the lower side of the ball valve K.

The valve stem slides past the slbts J and is heldin its downwardposition by the spring M against the seat M formed within the discharge receptacle in-opposition to-the valve portion M on the valve stem.

I have shown in Fig. 3 the valve cage and,

placed between the inner wall of the dis-' charge receptacle and the flange on the valve stem.

The size and proportions of the parts are.

such that when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the supply from the, receivingre'ceptacle-G is cutofi' by thejball valve, and the escape from the discharge receptacle is cut off by the-closed valve about the valve stem. The ball valve is held in position by its own weight, and by the pressure of fluid back of it', and the valve stem is seated by the weight of the valve stem and the reinthe first action is to cause the valve stem to close the'slots J thus shutting ofl:' the centralmeasuring chamber from the discharge to the lower discharge chamber. A further "upward pressure against the spring will" open the valve about the lower part of the' .stern .and permit the measured quantity of When thefluid to pass out through the slots M M downwardly through the cylindrical portion ofthe stein M and a further upward motion of the stem will lift the ball valve from its seat and permit liquid to flow past the ball valve into the chamber about the upper end'of the stem. When the stem is,

release its first downward action will release the ball valve and permit it to engage its seat. Afurther descent of the stem will open the slots J 5 permitting the charge about theupperend of the stem to flow into the discharge receptacle, -but' it cannot flow therefrom because the valve in the bottom of such receptacle is immediately closed and the volume of this receptacle is so much larger than the volume of the chamber about the upper end of the stem that any liquid will flow out of the air outlets L The parts must be so proportioned that the action above suggested will be carried out.

The size, shape and proportion of the several parts may of course be greatly altered, or some of them changed, and others substituted therefor without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the exact arrangement illustrated.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows :'Assuming that the soap distribution apparatus has been set up as indicated diagrammatically in Fig. 1, the tank A being at a higher elevation than the soap distributing receptacles, it is obvious that all of the receiving receptacles will be kept all the time full of liquid soap. Since the soap is to be delivered in successive charges, and not in a continuous stream, it is necessary that there should be a discharge receptacle for each receiving receptacle with connection between the two, so that the discharge receptacle is filled with successive charges of soft soap from the receiving receptacle associated with it. The discharge receptacle, however, must have an air outlet, so that the soap can flow into and out of it, and the various valves must be arranged and seated so as to minimize the danger of leakage, for if there were leakage from below the ball valve K into the distributing receptacle, the air outlet therefrom would. permit the soap to overflow and waste. My distribution,

therefore, in its best form, embraces a single or common tank, a series of liquid distributing devices, a connection from each to the tank, and in each liquid distributing device, a receiving receptacle, a discharge receptacle and connections between the two whereby the discharge receptacle is successively filled,

and an air outlet from the discharge receptacle which permits such operation. The arrangement is such that the valve outlet from the receiving to the discharge receptacle is always closed positively when the passage from beneath such valve to the discharge receptacle is open. In the arrangement which I have here shown, provision is made for thus keeping the valve closed both by the weight of the ball and the pressure of the fluid liquid back of it. The parts are shaped and proportioned so that the valve stem cannot unseat the supply valve until the passageway thence to the discharge receptacle is closed; At this moment, of course, the liquid in the discharge receptacle is freely discharged to the lower tubular exit M because of the air inlets I L The spiral. spring and gravity in the arrangement here shown return the parts to their normal positions. Of course, the valve portion may be attached as suggested, to an individual stor- .ing

inseam age tank, which is not constantly filled with liquid. In this case, the ball .valve is held tacle from the flange of the connection, and

the connection itself with the ball valve, and surrounding the cage, may in like manner be removed by unscrewing it from the receivreceptacle, and these parts may be assembled as shown with or. without the shell of the receiving receptacle in complete condition, so that they can be shipped or applied without the parts becoming loosely separated.

I claim i 1. In a liquid measuring valve three separate communicating chambers arranged-in series, a ball valve located in the first one and normally adapted to separate it from the second, a discharge port leading from the third, a two part piston valve slidably mounted in said port and in the second chamber, and means responsive to the upward movement of the piston valve for unseating the valve in the first chamber.

2. In a liquid measuring valve three separate communicating chambers arranged in series, a ball valve located in the first one and normally adapted to separate it from the second, a discharge port leading from the third, a two part piston valve slidably mounted in said port and in the second chamber, and means responsive to the upward movement of the piston valve for unseating the valve in the first chamber, and yielding means for normally holding the piston valve in a downward position, to close the discharge port and permit free passage from the second to the third chamber.

3. A liquid discharge and measuring device comprising a storage reservoir, a receiving chamber, a connection between them, a discharge chamber, a connection. between it and the receiving chamber, a. piston valve free to reciprocate, located partially in the receiving and partially in the discharging chamber and in the connection between them, a separate valve controlled by such first mentioned valve located within the receiving chamber and. adapted normally to separate it from the connection leading to the discharge chamber, and means-carried by the first mentioned valve and normally preventing discharge from the discharge chamber adapted when the first-mentioned valve closes and opens the second .valve to permit discharge from the chamber.

4. The combination with a central storage reservoir, :1. supply pipe in communication therewith, a series of relatively small supply chambers each in communication with such supply pipe, an outlet from each such supply chamber and a valve normally closed controlling such outlet, a measuring and controlling device in communication with such outlet, and means responsive to the manipulation of such measuring nd controlling device for opening the va ve to permit discharge of material from each such chamber into each such device, and for measuring and controlling and discharging a predetermined amount of liquid from each such HARRY H. GAGE.

' Witnesses:

BESSIE S. RICE, MINNIE M. LINDENA 

